2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid

14 comments on “2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid”

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   Patrick (@paeschli)
   19th November 2022, 15:04

   Provisional pole?
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      Jere (@jerejj)
      19th November 2022, 15:09

      @paeschli Provisional until ‘final’ results come out.
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         MGus.ai
         19th November 2022, 15:55

         IIRC finish order on the checkered flag were only provisional. Official race results only come when FIA officials go over the time records and check for penalties/protests.
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   F1 frog (@f1frog)
   19th November 2022, 15:10

   And in a thrilling final round, Sergio Perez helped Max Verstappen to secure the qualifying championship for 2022, beating Charles Leclerc by a mere three points. Ferrari will be kicking themselves over their mistake to put Leclerc on intermediate tyres in Brazil, and they actually threw away what had been a 43 point lead with just three races remaining. Perez’s four hundredths ahead of Leclerc, along with Verstappen’s brilliant pole, decided the fate of the championship. Ferrari still claimed the constructors’ title, however, small consolation after Leclerc had dominated the drivers’ title all season only to lose it in the final round in a manner similar to Niki Lauda in 1976.

   Final standings:
   1. Max Verstappen 400
   2. Charles Leclerc 397
   3. Carlos Sainz 303
   4. Sergio Perez 263
   5. Lewis Hamilton 177
   6. George Russell 172
   7. Lando Norris 119
   8. Fernando Alonso 103
   9. Esteban Ocon 72
   10. Kevin Magnussen 67
   11. Valtteri Bottas 45
   12. Pierre Gasly 25
   13. Daniel Ricciardo 25
   14. Mick Schumacher 17
   15. Yuki Tsunoda 13
   16. Sebastian Vettel 10
   17. Lance Stroll 8
   18. Zhou Guanyu 3
   19. Alexander Albon 2
   20. Nicholas Latifi 1
   21. Nyck de Vries 0
   22. Nico Hulkenberg 0

   1. Ferrari 700
   2. Red Bull 663
   3. Mercedes 349
   4. Alpine 175
   5. McLaren 144
   6. Haas 84
   7. Alfa Romeo 48
   8. Alpha Tauri 38
   9. Aston Martin 18
   10. Williams 3
   1. 

      t1redmonkey (@t1redmonkey)
      19th November 2022, 15:16

      Interesting Ferrari blitzed everyone in the qualifying standings, but look to be at risk of ending up P3 in the actual constructors standings!
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         MGus.ai
         19th November 2022, 15:57

         This may be an extrapolation, but the divergence between quali results and races results shows how bad team strategy is.
         I mean, the car and the drivers can get faster in a single lap, but when one add how the team manages the race, particularly pitstops and tyres, the general perfomance suffers.
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      Sam
      19th November 2022, 15:17

      This is pretty interesting. There are some pretty big gaps in their, like at Alfa, Haas and McLaren.
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   19th November 2022, 15:13

   Max will probably run away to a comfortable win if he gets an issue-free race, but 2nd in the WDC is Checo’s to lose, given RBR’s pace.
   4th in the WCC is Alpine’s to lose, while Seb’s starting position gives AM hope in their 6th place attempt.
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      Esploratore (@esploratore1)
      19th November 2022, 19:53

      Yes, doubt they’d crash or that perez will make a big mistake, so basically if the car lasts until the end of the race he ends up 2nd in the championship.
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   MG1982 (@mg1982)
   19th November 2022, 15:26

   Poor SAI, he thought LEC is done this GP, yet he pulled off SAI’ switch again in Q3. Hope LEC and Ferrari secure 2nd in both champs, I think they’re more meritous than Mercedes, which obviously benefited from the tech directive, and PER who had the best car by a significant margin.
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      Esploratore (@esploratore1)
      19th November 2022, 19:55

      A thing to keep in mind is that mercedes might even want to finish 3rd, in order to have more wind tunnel time, and imo ferrari isn’t a threat for next year’s title, but mercedes very well might, with such a wind tunnel advantage compared to red bull.
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         Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
         19th November 2022, 20:34

         @esploratore1
         Wind tunnel time is reset on June 30 each year. The situation of the championship on June 30 this year is that Ferrari was ahead of Mercedes. Consequently they will get less wind tunnel time. If Mercedes will beat Ferrari tomorrow they will get the prize money of the 2nd team in the constructors and still get more wind tunnel time. It’s crucial for Ferrari tomorrow to beat Mercedes otherwise it will be a storm in Maranello.
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   Jim Sharpe (@jms90h5)
   19th November 2022, 18:14

   Yawn… Another Red Bull coast for the win.

   Unfortunately it looks like this will be the state of the sport for the next few seasons given the size of their advantage combined with how clueless Mercedes still are with their car and Ferrari’s exceptional ability to shoot themselves in the foot.
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      Esploratore (@esploratore1)
      19th November 2022, 19:56

      I wouldn’t know, mercedes improved a lot over the year, although here they weren’t at their best, and considering the red bull’s wind tunnel penalty for next year I think they’re the ones to watch.

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